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Author: Black Rose Anarchist Federation
About Black Rose Anarchist Federation
We are an organization of revolutionaries who share common visions of a new world – a world where people collectively control their own workplaces, communities and land and where all basic needs are met. A world where power and participation flow from the bottom upwards and society is organized for peoples’ aspirations, passions, and needs rather than profit, racial prejudice, patriarchy, or imperialism; and where we live sustainably with the planet.
Nov 28, 18
Popular Power In a Time of Reaction: Strategy for Social Struggle
This piece builds upon and updates the strategy and analysis document “Below and Beyond Trump” we released in late 2017 and aims... Read Full Article
Nov 19, 18
Neo-Nazis Quickly Driven Out of Boston Anarchist Bookfair
Members of the neo-Nazi group Patriot Front on Sunday attempted to disrupt the second day of the Boston Anarchist Bookfair. This makes... Read Full Article
Nov 12, 18
In November We Remember Those Who Gave Everything
Veteran Tariq Khan reflects on the hollow legacy of Veterans Day and connects the history of November 11 to remembering those who... Read Full Article
Oct 31, 18
From Pittsburgh to Brazil: Antisemitism and Fascist Violence
Antisemitic violence has spiked dramatically in the United States with 2018 being the largest single year increase on record since 1994. From desecrations... Read Full Article
Oct 23, 18
Fascism at the Gates: Bolsonaro and the Brazillian Elections
The following Facebook livestream was recorded at the event “Fascism at the Gates: Bolsonaro and the Brazillian Elections” at Interference Archive on October... Read Full Article
Oct 3, 18
Kavanaugh and a Feminist Movement Fighting to End Capitalism
Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation Statement on Kavanaugh and building a feminist movement fighting to end capitalism. Last week, survivors of sexual... Read Full Article
Sep 13, 18
A Year in Popular Power #4: Burgerville Workers Union
Final video in a four part series from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. This episode focuses on the Burgerville Workers Union, a... Read Full Article
Sep 7, 18
Organizing at the Frontiers: Appalachian Resistance to Pipelines
A look at capital accumulation and resource extraction in Appalachia as well as current autonomous social movements fighting it. Includes some thoughts... Read Full Article
Sep 5, 18
A Year in Popular Power #3: “Don’t Be A Scab!” Graduate Student Strikes
The third installment of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation’s video series on Building Popular Power. Tariq is a graduate student, teaching assistant... Read Full Article
Aug 31, 18
Report on the 5th Black Rose/Rosa Negra National Convention, Los Angeles
Report on the recent Black Rose Anarchist Federation gathering in Los Angeles. By Alex Isa and Tanya TN with contributions from Agüey... Read Full Article
Aug 29, 18
A Year In Popular Power #2: Stopping ICE Raids with the Koreatown Popular Assembly
The second installment of Black Rose’s A Year in Popular Power, features a presentation on anti-ICE organizing. Stopping ICE Raids with the... Read Full Article
Aug 22, 18
A Year in Popular Power: Episode 1 – Teacher Strikes and #RedForEd
Black Rose Anarchist Federation presents the first episode in their A Year in Popular Power series. Enrique is a high school teacher... Read Full Article
Jun 26, 18
“Let’s Go For It”: Interview with a Striking AT&T Union Steward
The Black Rose Federation interviews a striking CWA member and union steward about the recent round of strikes. This past month thousands... Read Full Article
May 7, 18
Teacher Strikes Show Social Movements Way Forward
The following editorial argues that the #RedforEd movement shows an alternative and offers a counter argument to the progressive conception that liberal... Read Full Article
Apr 20, 18
“Electoral Pursuits Have Veered Us Away”: Kali Akuno on Movement Lessons from Jackson
This article from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation details the political ideas of Kali Akuno, a member of the group, Cooperation Jackson,... Read Full Article
Apr 10, 18
Strike to Win: Inside the West Virginia Teacher’s Strike
The following is a transcribed talk by a West Virginia teacher who was one of several speakers at the Red & Black Party sponsored... Read Full Article
Apr 10, 18
Turning Point USA’s Campaign of Harassment: An Interview with Kristina Khan
Kristina Khan is an organizer with Black Rose/Rosa Negra, a mother of three married to Tariq Khan, and the primary author of ... Read Full Article
Apr 4, 18
The Lure of Elections: From Political Power to Popular Power
The following essay from members of the Black Rose Anarchist Federation argues that the Left’s insistence on electorialism is a dead end,... Read Full Article
Mar 19, 18
Anarchists in Brazil on the Assassination of Marielle Franco
Brazil has been rocked this past week over the political assassination of Marielle Franco, a prominent Black, feminist and socialist activist in... Read Full Article
Feb 27, 18
Revolutionary Organizing: Black Rose Interview with Revolutionary Left Radio
The following is an interview with Revolutionary Left Radio and the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. Revolutionary Left Radio is a top source... Read Full Article
Feb 16, 18
Los Angeles, CA: Shutting Down ICE, Building Popular Power
The following report about community resistance to ICE comes from the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. To hear our in-depth interview with two... Read Full Article
Jan 31, 18
6,000 Uber Drivers Have Joined Anarchist Union in Indonesia
As the “uberization” of the US economy continues, along with it is an ever precarious workforce struggling to make ends meet in... Read Full Article
Jan 24, 18
Defend J20: Fight the Charges, Build the Movement
On January 18th, two days before the one year anniversary of the J20 demonstrations, the Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC dismissed all... Read Full Article
Jan 24, 18
An Organizer We Need: Fundraiser for Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
Donate Here Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin is a former member of the Black Panther Party and wrote the seminal text “Anarchism and the Black Revolution”... Read Full Article
Jan 18, 18
Los Angeles Community Mobilizes and Sends ICE Packing
By Black Rosa/Rosa Negra LA and BRRN Social Media Team With Trump planning a major wave of ICE raids targeting Northern California in the... Read Full Article
Jan 15, 18
In Solidarity with Operation PUSH, Florida Incarcerated Workers Strike
By BRRN Anti-Criminalization Committee On January 15, 2018 prisoners across the state of Florida will refuse to work, as part of a... Read Full Article
Dec 23, 17
Below & Beyond Trump: Power & Counter-Power in 2017
Prepared by members of the BRRN Analysis and Strategy Committee and approved by the membership. Download a PDF version of this document here. INTRODUCTION This... Read Full Article
Oct 13, 17
Irondequoit, NY: Resisting An Attack on Immigrants
This report details a mobilization that took place in March which led to the release of a family of undocumented people near... Read Full Article
Sep 15, 17
After #DACA: An Offensive Struggle To Win Liberation for all Migrants
We are together in the fight to legalize all migration, to empty the deportation centers, to demilitarize and decolonize the borders, and... Read Full Article
Aug 24, 17
Boston Rallies Against the far-Right: The Future of Anti-Fascism?
Despite the efforts of the fascists and white supremacists to rebrand themselves after their attacks in Charlottesville, 40,000 counter-protesters turned out in Boston on... Read Full Article
Aug 7, 17
Why Did the UAW Vote at Nissan Fail?
“You can’t avoid the class war; workers need to make it clear to the bosses that they can’t either.” By Marianne Garneau... Read Full Article
Jul 27, 17
We Need Resistance not Cooption: On Trump’s Transgendered Military Ban
By CRS If your response to the army preying on poor communities and communities of color, using poverty as a new draft,... Read Full Article
Jul 12, 17
What Made Large Scale Resistance Possible at the G20 in Hamburg?
We bring you this on-the-ground account from one of our comrades in Black Rose/Rosa Negra who had the opportunity to travel and... Read Full Article
Jul 4, 17
3 Reasons Why We Need a More Revolutionary July 4th
By Tariq Khan 1. The Declaration of Independence is a document based on settler colonialism and genocide. If we read the Declaration... Read Full Article
Jun 19, 17
The “Left-Wing Terrorism” Narrative Doesn’t Understand Violence
The shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia last Wednesday has been followed by a predictable flurry of disingenuous... Read Full Article
Jun 9, 17
A Podcast Introduction: The Ideas and History of Anarchism
Sitting down with the Revolutionary Left Radio podcast, historian and author Mark Bray gives an overview of the origins, history and ideas... Read Full Article
May 30, 17
Bernie’s New Minimum Wage Bill Leaves Workers a Decade Behind
A new wage bill by Bernie Sanders, which proposes to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2024, raises important questions on movements... Read Full Article
May 3, 17
When the Riot Cops Attack: Repression and Solidarity at Portland’s May Day
Events like May Day are a temperature check for the collective hive mind of the Left, reflecting on the year behind us.... Read Full Article
Apr 8, 17
Re: Those Missiles
Last night the U.S. military launched nearly 5 dozen cruise missiles at Syria from U.S. Navy ships in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.... Read Full Article
Mar 25, 17
Beyond Protest in the Age of Trump
In the early days of the Trump administration, we are seeing Trump’s utilization of executive orders to initiate and/or implement a wide... Read Full Article